On top of that, Joshua had been covered in blood…Luna felt a chill go down her spine.She had loved this man for many years, so she knew just how cruel and heartless he could be when it came to doing business.However, she never expected that…Joshua would one day use this cruelty on her mother!Luna started shivering so badly that she wrapped her arms around herself.After a moment, she lifted her head to glance at Jim, who was driving. “Jim. Is Joshua…locked up by the police?”"Yes." Jim furrowed his brows and nodded, but after a split second, he shook his head and added, “He went to the police station himself, not to admit his guilt, but to file a police report.”Luna froze, then frowned and asked, “File a police report?”"Yes." Jim let out an exhale. “He filed a police report accusing Heather of killing Mother.”Luna froze for a moment, then turned around and echoed, “Heather?”“Yes.” Jim narrowed his eyes. “Joshua said that when he returned to the room the second time, M
The slap landed on Luna so harshly that her face was tilted to one side, and she could taste blood in her mouth.She could still hear Heather's furious voice, saying, “Luna! You shouldn't have come back in the first place! If you hadn't returned, Mother wouldn't have been killed by Joshua Lynch!”“Heather!” Charles' stern voice rang out. “Don't say nonsense like that. Luna had returned out of love for your mother, and she's already stopped seeing Joshua. She wasn't the one who had asked Joshua to do this!”Heather grew even more outraged when she heard this. She pointed at Luna and snapped, “Do you think she has nothing to do with this? Why don't you say for yourself, Luna?“What did you tell him? You had told him that you returned to our family because of Mother, so that's why he bore hatred toward her!“If anything bad happens to Mother, you'll be the culprit behind this. You don't deserve to be a member of the Landry family!”A twinge of pain shot through Luna's heart when she
Luna bit her lip and said in a low voice as she lay in Jim's arms, “Jim, it's fine.”Luna knew that Heather was just trying to use this incident as an excuse to get on her nerves.However, Jim refused to let this slide. “Heather, please don't think you can bully Luna on behalf of Mother just because you've been here longer than Luna! Let me tell you this: even if Mother can't protect her again in the future, I'm still her big brother, and I will protect her!“As long as I'm still alive, you won't be able to bully Luna. Remember that this is the Landry family, not the Gibson family!”Heather's entire body stiffened when she heard this.She bit her lip and glanced at Luna with an expression of hatred. This woman…What did she do to deserve all this?What made Luna so adored by others that she could bully Aura at her will and even end up meeting a man as good as Joshua Lynch?Why did Rosalyn and Jim protect her and obey her every whim and fancy, even after she had killed Aura?
Luna's knees slammed against the cold, hard marble floor.At that instant, she could feel a twinge of pain shoot up her knees. She knew that this fall had triggered the past injury she had suffered due to her accident six years ago.She gritted her teeth and tried to stand up, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not do so.Charles never expected that Heather would force Luna to kneel, and a hint of surprise flashed through his eyes. Immediately, he reached out his hand to help her up.However, a split second later, he changed his mind and withdrew his hand.He was the one who had demanded Luna to kneel, and Heather was simply trying to help. If he helped Luna up…What would Heather think?As soon as he thought of this, Charles furrowed his brows and decided that he would make it up to Luna by apologizing to her after they got home. Then, he said curtly, “Luna, I’ll take care of this and make Joshua pay for attempting to kill your mother, but you…”He lowered his head an
“How are we different?“Both Luna's child and I have both the Landry and Lynch family's blood coursing through our veins!“On top of that, what about my birth mother?”Jim fixated his cold, penetrating stare on Charles' face. “My mother Lucy was also a Lynch, and she's even the daughter of Granny Lynch.“Why don't you kick me out of the house and get rid of the painting in the living room, as well as the morning glories in the yard?”Jim's every word struck a nerve within Charles. He flung his entire body backward—Smack!A deafening slap landed on Jim's face. Charles had used so much strength in this motion that Jim's entire body faltered.Jim kept his hand on his swollen cheek and said, blood trickling out of the corner of his mouth, “What's wrong, Mr. Landry? Guilty?“You didn't accomplish much in your lifetime, apart from harnessing the ability to make the lives of the people around you more difficult. I must say, you're getting better and better at this.“In the past,
Luna let out an exhale and said, enunciating her words carefully, “I swear that from today onward, I, Luna, will never meet up with Joshua Lynch in private again.“If I go back on my word, I…”She let out another exhale and continued, her voice trembling, “If I go back on my word, then my child will never be born.”With that, she lifted her head to gaze at Charles with red-rimmed eyes. “Are you satisfied now, Father?”Charles furrowed his brows as he stared back at her.He walked over and reached out to stroke Luna's hair. Then, he said with a hint of helplessness, “Luna, you're still young, and you don't understand much yet.“In the future, when you're older, you’ll understand why I had to do this…”As soon as he finished his sentence, Jim sneered and stood up to help Luna up from the ground. Then, he shot Charles a cold glance and said, “Understand why you had to do this? Why you had to force your daughter to swear on her child's life?“From the moment you forced Luna to do t
Rosalyn had been in the operation room for about 12 hours…Her condition must have been dire to undergo such a long surgery.If Rosalyn died, not only would no one discover that Heather had poisoned her, but no one would be able to cause trouble for Malcolm anymore.On top of that, Luna and Joshua would never be able to reconcile anymore!As soon as she thought of this, Heather could not help feeling overjoyed, so much so that she wanted to go home and pop open a bottle of wine to celebrate!Aura's dying wish had been to separate Luna and Joshua. Therefore, she had helped avenge Aura's death!All of a sudden, the doctor who had come out from the operation room let out a sigh and said, “We've tried our best. Even though we managed to save Mrs. Landry, she…“She is now in a vegetative state.”Vegetative state. These two words felt like thunder crashing around Jim, Luna, and Charles' heads. Luna bit her lip and grabbed hold of the doctor's hand. “Will… Will she ever wake up?”
The entire hallway fell into silence upon hearing this.Luna clenched her fists.She lifted her head to glance at Jim, about to say something, but she could not utter a word.If Joshua had really hurt Mother like this…She did not dare to think of the consequences, nor was she willing to face this.Suddenly, the doctors wheeled Rosalyn out of the operation room.Luna quickly went over to check on her.The woman who had wanted her to leave the Landry family and return to Joshua's side was at this moment lying peacefully on the bed, as though she was asleep.There was even a hint of a smile on Rosalyn's face. Luna felt as though someone had stabbed her heart with a knife when she saw how Rosalyn looked. She gritted her teeth and grabbed hold of Rosalyn's hand as she followed the doctors into Rosalyn's room.All the way from the operation room to the ward, Luna stared intently at Rosalyn's face, her gaze never wavering for even a second.“Mother…” Luna said tearfully as she sa